Device for holding head-gear



(No Model.)

D. M. FULLER.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING HEAD GEAR.

No. 404,081. Patented May 28, 1889.

Q MMJLLM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.DRUSILLIA MARION FULLER, OF TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING HEAD-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,081, dated May 28,1889.

Application filed February 8, 1889. Serial No. 299,192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DRUSILLIA MARION FULLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Terryville, in the county of Litchfield andState of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Devices for Holding Head-Gear, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of certain improvements in clamping devices forholding and supporting hats, bonnets, wigs, and other head-gear, wherebyany article of head-gear may be firmly held and supported without dangerof crushing or injuring the same, whether such article is placed in atrunk or box and exposed to the dangers of transportation or placed in ashow-window or on acounter for exhibition. By its use ladies hats andbonnets, however covered with feathers,

artificial flowers, or other trimmings, can be placed in a compartmentof a trunk and clamped by my device, and will remain in positionunharmed by any rough handling the trunk may receive.

In order that these improvements may be fully understood, I describe myinvention and refer to the accompanying drawings as representing themeans of carrying it into effect, though it is obvious thatmodifications may be made therein to meet special requirements or thenature of any particular case in which it is desired to use theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of oneconstruction of the device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the sameconstruction, showing a hat or bonnet clamped by the device. Fig. 3 is aview of the same construction slightly modified to admit a hat with arim. Fig. at is a view of a similar construction of the device suitablefor a hat with any sized rim. Fig. 5 is a viewof a construction of thedevice specially adapted to be used in conjunction with the cover of ahat-box.

Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.

Upon the standard A is a disk, E, or other suitable support for the headgear, above which is the disk or clamp B, which is held by a spring, D,and when the spring is pressed down and held by the clamp C the disk Bis pressed against the top of any article of headgear which may beplaced upon the disk or support E.

The above description refers to and explains all the accompanyingfigures.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the construction is such that the wire which forms thespring D is so bent as to form the clamp C and the post F, passingthrough the standard A, and is provided with a thread, G, and a nut, II.By passing the threaded end of the wire through the bottom of a hat-boxin a trunk or through the top of a counter or show-case the standard Ais firmly fixed in position by screwing on the nut H. The disks E and Bcan be made of any suitable shape, and are preferably covered withvelvet or other cloth.

The construction shown in Fig. 3 is adapted to a bonnet or hat having aprojecting rim or trimming, which can project into the space J.

The constructions shown in Fig. 4 and 5 are adapted to hats having rimsof any shape or size.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a device forsupporting and holding head-gear, the combination of a standard having adisk 011 its top, and a movable disk supported on a spring-arm, and acatch attachable to the spring-arm and arranged to engage with thespring-arm and to hold the two disks together.

2. In a device for supporting and holding headgear, the combination ofthe standard A, having the disk E on its top, the disk B, supported onthe spring-arm D, attached to the standard, and so bent at O as to forma hook and engage that part of the spring-arm which supports the disk B.

3. In a device for supporting and holding head-gear, the combination ofthe standard A, exterior disk, B, and awire supporting the exteriordisk, B, and forming the catch 0 and spring D, and extending throughthestandard A and having its projecting end provided with ascrew-thread, G, and a nut, H.

.4. In a device for supporting and holding headgear, the combination,with the standard A and interior disk, E, attached thereto, Broome andState of New York, this 6th day of an elastic Wire supporting themovable exof February, A. D. 1889. terior disk, B, and formed with thecatch 0, arranged to hold the two disks together, and DRUSILLIA MARIONFULLER 5 with the offset at J for the purpose and sub- Witnesses:

stantially in the manner described. J. W. BALLnBD,

Signed at Binghamton, in the county of J ACOB'WISE.

